News June 2013

BC Khimki and center Alexey Zhukanenko agreed to terminate the contract by mutual consent. In our team Alexey spent two years where he became Eurocup winner (2012) and Russian championship silver medalist (2012, 2013). We thank Alexey for his work and wish him all the best in his future club!

22-year-old forward Nikita Balashov is a first BC Khimki rookie in the 2013 offseason. The contract with a young player, a candidate for the Russian national team, has been signed for 2 years. Now, the player is in the location of the student team, which is preparing for the Universiade in Kazan.

Vitaly Fridzon leaves BC Khimki because of the expiration of an agreement between the club and the player. Over last nine years Vitaly was a symbol and legend of our team, in BC Khimki's jersey he played more than 450 games. In our club he became one of the leaders of Russian national team. But sooner or later everything comes to an end. We thank Vitaly for everything and sincerely wish him all the best in his new team! Thank you, cap!

Zoran Planinic leaves BC Khimki because of the expiration of an agreement between the club and the player. Zoran spent three bright years in our team, where he became one of the leaders of BC Khimki and a fan favorite. We sincerely thank Zoran and hope that his career will develop successfully in the future!

Matt Nielsen leaves BC Khimki because of the expiration of an agreement between the club and the player. Australian bigman spent two years with BC Khimki where he won Eurocup (2012) and twice became silver medalist of Russian championship (2012, 2013). We sincerely thank Matt for working with us and wish him good luck, long career and great family happiness!